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FEATHER TIP mi. No. 375,374. Patented Dec; 27, 1887.

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EUGENE W. MOCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FEATHER-TIP PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,374, dated December 27, 1887.

' Application filed June 28, 1887. Serial No. 242,719. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I', EUGENE W. MOOH, of New York city, New York, have invented a new and Improved Feather-Tip Pin,-of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pin carrying a feather-tip. The pin is designed to beused as a hair-pin, hat-pin, corsage-pin, or the like. The invention consists in the various features of improvement, more fully pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front View of my improved pin. Fig. 2 isa vertical central section thereof; and Fig. 3,a transverse section on line w m, Fig. 2.

The letter 0: represents apin made of metal, ivory, turtle-shell, or of any other substance, and pointed at its lower end. At its upper or blunt end the pin ais provided with a socket, a, into which there are set the ends b of quills b of preferably two ostrich-feather tips,b. The

and hold themselves in place.

exposed parts of the quills b are connected by threads 0, while the parts If, within the socket a are left disconnected, so that they may spread In this way the feather-tips areproperly secured to the pin; but, if desired, they may be additionally fastened by a suitable adhesive.

A feather-tip pin made according to my invention will be found to be strong and useful to ladies for a variety of purposes.

What I claim is- The combination of pin a, having socket a, with feather-tips b, having quills bheld in the socket a, the upper end of quills I) being connected by threads 0, and the lower ends, b, of such quills remaining disconnected, substantially as specified.

E. W. MOOH. Witnesses:

F. V. BRIEsEN, WM. A. LOWE. 

